Level 3 Teaching Assistant for EYFS

Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7QG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week for 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 25,484 to 27,711 PRO RATA

What skills and experience we're looking for

Applicants must believe passionately in creating an outstanding learning environment and opportunities to ensure all children achieve and make the best possible progress. Applicants must have a desire to create an engaging curriculum, full of learning experiences that pupils will love and remember!

You will need to:

• Be able to work under pressure within a strong team focused towards challenging goals
• Have high expectations of every child enabling them to make exceptional progress
• Have excellent organisational and communication skills
• Share in our vision for realising the life chances and dreams of every child
• Have an excellent knowledge of Primary education

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• a vibrant learning opportunity with a team who are committed to great teaching and learning for all its pupils
• Children who love learning and want to achieve

• A High level of community involvement
• A well-resourced and stimulating environment
• An established MAT of schools which shares and builds on effective practice
• A great place to work where colleagues are valued and receive high quality support with rich learning and development opportunities

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

INOVA Recruitment Pack EYFS L3 Teaching assistant.pdf - 549 KB (opens in new tab)

About Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 727 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries website
• Email address: sshaw@southeygreen.sheffield.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0114 2326879
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/southey-green-primary-school-and-nurseries

Southey Green is a large three form entry primary school with two nurseries in north Sheffield (Group Size 4, NOR: 736). Following the OFSTED inspection in March 2016 Southey Green is proud to say that it is a ‘GOOD’ school.

We are a Member of Tapton School Academy Trust. The Trust have a shared vision to ‘realise the life chances and dreams of every child’. Our mission is to provide a safe place to be, provide great teaching and learning and create an environment where all opportunities are within reach. Membership provides a range of opportunities for collaborative working and continuing professional development with a network of secondary and primary schools within the locality.

Arranging a visit to Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sshaw@southeygreen.sheffield.sch.uk.

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